I don't know the book itself, though I have one of the titles in that series laying around somewhere in my bookshelf. It looks interesting and I might give it a go.Anyway, don't you think it's more likely that King took inspiration from Loom? He's not one to deny his influences after all, which is a good thing. As a matter of fact I respect him as an author, though I'm mostly a hardcore fan of his main source of inspiration (King admitted so): H.P. Lovecraft.